By N. Niranjan Nikam The world of music has produced some of the finest legends in the country in both Hindustani and Karnatak. Ustad Faiyaz Khan is one among them. He is one of the youngest persons to take over as the Chairman of Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy. The versatile Sarangi player comes from a…
Agony and ecstasy of running a local evening english newspaper
February 16, 2018Editors are unique who are rarely seen but only read. However, when one is not only an editor but also the founder-owner of a newspaper, then the equation changes. And to run a newspaper for 40 long years and create a unique space takes courage and above all, a certain kind of chutzpah. K.B. Ganapathy…
“Like any other Indian, I thought AIDS will never come to India” – 2
January 8, 2018[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam Star of Mysore (SOM): STD has gone down by 90 %? Dr. Gilada: In Skin and STD Department for MD exams these days the students do not get good STD cases for study. They have to call other medical colleges to find out if there are any cases…
“Like any other Indian, I thought AIDS will never come to India” – 1
January 7, 2018There are many diseases confronting man from times immemorial but every generation finds a treatment or cure for the maladies. One such dreaded infection is HIV/AIDS, which more than 30 years ago was considered a killer disease. However, the stigma attached to it still exists, though far fewer people are dying today because of it,…
I have lived a fine, comfortable and colourful life, says Poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed-3
October 10, 2017By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] SOM: As you grow older how do you feel? You have earned name and fame as a prominent Karnataka poet. Now what? Prof. Nissar Ahmed: Oh well, there is no end to desire. I have lived a fine, comfortable and a very colourful life (a bemused smile). Never…
I have lived a fine, comfortable and colourful life, says Poet Prof. K.S.Nissar Ahmed-2
October 9, 2017By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] SOM: Many of your poems are futuristic as much realistic. If one takes ‘Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu…’ it is true to the prevailing political and social situation. Whether it is theocracy, autocracy, democracy or communism we as ‘Kurigalu,’ can never change. Is it an awakening call that we should…
I have lived a fine, comfortable and colourful life, says Poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed-1
October 8, 2017Poets are in that rarefied atmosphere where most of the times a majority of readers do not understand what they write. However, the fact is that the sensitivity and sensibilities they display in their poems do touch the hearts of millions. Their popularity soars when their poems become signature songs like Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana…
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